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l am extremely delighted to witness this significant occasion of the Public Presentation of the 2025 Seasonal Climate Prediction (SCP) by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET). Today’s event holding by 4th February, 2025 is an affirmation of the commitment of NIMET towards its mandate of climate services delivery to Nigerians. It is on record that weather and climatic elements impact heavily and play a vital role in all forms of human activities and across socio-economic sectors.
l am glad to say that hydro-meteorological information from NIMET has continued to play a vital role in disaster preparedness, response and mitigation plans of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). The NIMET SCP has over the years become a veritable tool that enables NEMA to conduct expert analysis of disaster risk implications and produce disaster early warning messages for delivery to emergency responders to support the protection of lives, critical national assets and the entire cultural landscape in Nigeria. | am proud to affirm that the NEMA —NIMET partnership in disaster risk management and the building of national resilience has continue to grow from strength to strength over the years.
At the end of this auspicious event, NEMA is convening a meeting of experts from all relevant partners to analyze the disaster risk implication of the 2025 SCP and develop necessary advisories for downscaling to State and Local Government authorities to support sub-national level disaster preparedness, response, mitigation and recovery planning. As we are all aware, the negative impacts of the annually recurring flood
disaster in Nigeria could have been more devastating without the early warning information developed out of the NIMET SCP which is downscaled to the various end-user agencies and the general public by NEMA.
Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen, permit me to commend the Director General, management of NIMET and all those scientists that have worked day and night to produce the 2025 SCP at the right time. I thank you all for always supporting us to enrich our annual work plans for the year. I look forward working together with all partners to enable us develop accurate, clear and user-friendly hydro-metrological disaster early warning messages for Nigeria and to make sure that such messages are matched with appropriate early actions to save lives and livelihoods of Nigerians.
Thank you all and God bless!
